spatter
verb- [transitive, often passive]
to cover somebody/something with drops of liquid, dirt, etc., especially by accident synonym splash溅;洒 - spatter somebody/something
blood-spattered walls 血染的墙壁 - spatter somebody/something with something
As the bus passed, it spattered us with mud. 公共汽车开过时溅了我们一身泥。 - spatter something on/over somebody/something
Oil was spattered on the floor. 地板上落满了油点。
Extra ExamplesHis clothes were liberally spattered with mud. 他的衣服上溅满了泥巴。 Blood and splinters of bone spattered the floor. 血和骨头碎片溅了一地。 They went in and saw the blood-spattered walls. 他们走进去,看到了那些溅满了血的墙壁。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- liberally
- against
- on
- over
- …
- spatter somebody/something
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
(of liquid )液体 to fall on a surface in drops, often noisily 洒落;滴滴答答地落下 Extra ExamplesThe water had spattered all over her face. 她脸上溅得都是水。 Rain spattered against the window. 雨点打在窗子上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- liberally
- against
- on
- over
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘splutter while speaking’): frequentative, from a base shared by Dutch, Low German spatten ‘burst, spout’.